I was just about to comment about that. I literally laughed out loud when I clicked the gay marriage tab and they zoomed in together. Also, it looks like Obama's got his hand on McCain's err... backside.

I got 10 to 3 for McCain - I only came out the other way on immigration (and to be fair, I disagreed with both answers on those two questions - just picked the one that was least disagreeable) and gay marriage. That last one surprises me - I had thought that federalism was McCain's answer on that question, and I don't believe that federalism is Obama's answer to any question.

Every time I see that quote from Obama about his criterion for picking judges I feel faintly nauseous.

Considering that Obama is actually to the left of NARAL on abortion (they supported the same language in the US Senate bill that Obama opposed in the Illinois Senate), there's no way he's anywhere short of the extreme left on that scale.

Even on gun control, where he lamented at a townhall that "I don't have the votes" to take away people's guns and who has repeatedly defended Chicago's right to completely ban handguns, there's no way he winds up anywhere but on the extreme left in an objective scaling on that issue either.

I also agree with Drill Sgt.: this scale is based on rhetoric, not record. If you go off the record, there's no way that the guy who has earned the title of "Most Liberal Senator" (once again, even to the left of the only self-described socialist in the US Senate) is anywhere near "moderate" in any thing other than his speeches.